Dromedary, Nicely done, very nicely done. Spareribs already mentioned it, but you were in the top half of the womens field, so I don't think you can use that "I'm not that fast" line. The line you can use is "I ran a marathon". And you ran it nicely considering the weather conditions during the race. Also, I really enjoyed reading your RR. I don't know that much about L.A. (just what I see on the news), your report put a human side to the city. Sounds like a fun marathon and city. Thanks for sharing your race experience with us. Paul

Hi Paul, Thanks! That means alot coming from you, since you did The Goofy Challenge very recently (my friend and fellow LA marathoner Keith did Goofy too). I see you scratched on a race...are you ok?

Congratulations on a really strong showing. You were far from last and clearly had an incredible experience. It's not always about the time or placement stats, but about the journey along the way. Yours was impressive and I hope I'll be able to cheer for you in person some day. Way to go! CNYrunner

A race that's a block party more than makes up for anything negative about it! I loved your report, and am very impressed at how you handled the conditions and how you were feeling out there, doing what you had to do to perservere to the end. You were right on the edge, but came through strong at the finish. Kudos to you on a job well done, and to your husband for his support.

Sounds like a great experience, and you did a great job in spite of the heat (oh how I would just love some of that heat about this point in our winter, though). Roses at the finish are the best touch!

Great RR! congrats on your fabulous finish!

Thanks tselbs, fatozzig, Holly, chimera, and rochrunner (hope you get better and find a good doc)! CNYrunner and btb1490, many thanks too! I'm from New York and sometimes visit my aunt in Queens, so maybe someday we'll get to meet and race together. I'm particularly interested in doing a race upstate so let me know if there is anything in the Catskills. I haven't been back there in years and would love to have a reason to see those rolling hills again. Paul, glad you are OK SLOJim, I'm amazed you did this race several times. I can understand the love/hate thing. I just hope the group that owns this race changes the course to a loop so we can do it together (meaning I see you for 5 seconds at the start as you disappear into the crowd) Soundrunner, I gotta pick one of the marathons you've done since they sound like they're in much cooler weather. As for me BQing, maybe when I'm alot older